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Critical role of nutrition in improving quality of care: an interdisciplinary call to action to address adult hospital malnutrition.

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2013
The current era of health care delivery, with its focus on providing high-quality, affordable care, presents many challenges to hospital-based health professionals.
K. Tappenden, Beth D Quatrara, M. Parkhurst, A. Malone, G. Fanjiang, T. Ziegler   +5 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Quality of inter-hospital transportation in 431 transport survivor patients suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome referred to specialist centers

Annals of Intensive Care, 2018
Background The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening condition. In special situations, these critically ill patients must be transferred to specialized centers for escalating treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the
Sebastian Blecha, Frank Dodoo-Schittko, Susanne Brandstetter, Magdalena Brandl, Michael Dittmar, Bernhard M. Graf, Christian Karagiannidis, Christian Apfelbacher, Thomas Bein, For the DACAPO Study Group   +9 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of Medical Care in Hospitals

American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1957
This study was undertaken as one of a series designed to devise and test indexes of adequacy and economy of service which would be sufficiently objective to be repeatable by different observers. Adequacy of medical care has two essential components: availability of the full range of services in accordance with current concepts and good quality of ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Children and Adolescents: Expert Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas (SPN) is a rare low‐grade malignant exocrine pancreatic tumor, mostly discovered during the second decade of life in females, with a very good prognosis, provided microscopically complete surgical excision is achieved.
Sabine Irtan, Michael Abele, Calogero Virgone, Michaela Kuhlen, Ricardo Lopez‐Almarez, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Maja Cesen, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Andrea Ferrari, Gianni Bisogno, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Louise Galmiche, Jorg Fuchs, Sarah Braungart, Bilgehan Yalcin, Ines B. Brecht, Daniel Orbach   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does hospital competition improve the quality of outpatient care? - empirical evidence from a quasi-experiment in a Chinese city

Health Economics Review
Background Although countries worldwide have launched a series of pro-competition reforms, the literature on the impacts of hospital competition has produced a complex and contradictory picture.
Zixuan Peng, Audrey Laporte, Xiaolin Wei, Xinping Sha, Peter C. Coyte   +4 more
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Ovarian Sex Cord Stromal Tumors in Children and Adolescents—The European Standard Clinical Practice Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As part of the European Cooperative Study Group for Paediatric Rare Tumours initiative, we developed standard clinical practice guidelines for ovarian sex cord stromal tumors, based on comprehensive national and international cohort analyses, literature review, and a final expert consensus conference.
Dominik T. Schneider, Kris‐Ann Schultz, Nora Schnitzler, Michael Abele, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Ines B. Brecht, Maja Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Michaela Kuhlen, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Yves Reguerre, Calogero Virgone, Daniel Orbach   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of Transition of Care from Hospital to Home for Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19

COVID
Objective: To measure the quality of the transition of care for COVID-19 patients after discharge from hospital to home. Method: A cross-sectional, prospective study carried out in a hospital in Santa Catarina, with 201 patients hospitalized for COVID-19.
Edna Ribeiro de Jesus, Julia Estela Willrich Boell, Michelle Mariah Malkiewiez, Marinalda Boneli da Silva, Greici Capellari Fabrizzio, Catiele Raquel Schmidt, Luana Amaral Alpirez, Darlisom Sousa Ferreira, Elisiane Lorenzini   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patient satisfaction of services of the out patient department, Base Hospital, Panadura

Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2017
Background: Patient satisfaction is one of the well-known yardsticks to measure the strength of services being provided in hospitals. Objective: To assess the level of satisfaction on health care services provided by the out-patient department (OPD) and ...
Kasunee Chamila Kalubowila, Dinesha Perera, Inoka Senathilaka, Champika Alahapperuma, Ramani Devika Withana, Palitha Dharmabandhu Kapparage   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of specialist palliative care services on quality of life in adults with advanced incurable illness in hospital, hospice, or community settings: systematic review and meta-analysis

British medical journal, 2017
Objective To assess the effect of specialist palliative care on quality of life and additional outcomes relevant to patients in those with advanced illness. Design Systematic review with meta-analysis.
J. Gaertner, W. Siemens, J. Meerpohl, G. Antes, C. Meffert, C. Xander, S. Stock, D. Mueller, G. Schwarzer, G. Becker   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source